Improved gate-hinge



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y' litted gitanas Wi-E'VERHAM, UF PL'ITSGROVE, JERSEY. .i Letters Patent No. 89,97 8, dated Ma/y 1x1, 1869.

IMPBovEn GATE-HINGE.

-Hor# To all whom it 'mcg-concern: y

Be it known that I, JOHN NV. EVERHAM, of Pittsp grove, in the county of' Salem,and State of New J ersey, have-invented a new and improved Gate-Attachment `and-I doihereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilledin the art to make and use the saine, rei' erence being had to the accompanying drawing forining part of this specification, in whichr Figure 1;' is a side view of my improved gate, partly in section through one of `the `end bars oi' the gate.

Figure 2 is a top view of the saine, sliowingin black y lines the gate opened at one end, and in redrlin'es the gate opened at the other end.,

Similar letters of reference,4 indicate corresponding parts. i, y

. My invention has for its object to furnish an im proved `gate-attachment, which shall be so constructed and arranged as to serve either asa hinge or latch, as occasion may require and j It consists in the construction and combination of the, valious partsjof the machine, as hereinafter more' i'ully described, j v

A are the gate-posts, and'B is. the gate, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

` O are the pivots, the shanlisof which are securely attached to the posts A, two to each, and which are inadein the form of knobs, and have holes in their v tops to receive the ends of` the latch D. 1

E are'the eyes, whichware made in the form shown in g.`1, so as to fit `upon the knobs 0, and clasp said Aknobs, as shown,'so as to prevent-the-gate from being lifted' when the-latch is in place,the ends oi' which latch' pass through holes in the tops of said eyes, or jaws, to enter the holes `in the knobs, or pivots 0.

The eyes, or jaws E are attached to theend-bars of Vthegate B, by screws, or by being formed upon or attached to shanks, or bolts passing through said endbars, and being secured-in place by nuts.

This construction I prefer, as being stronger and more readily attached.

such a form, that its ends may pass through the holes inthe eyes, or jaws E, and into the sockets, or holes in the knobs, or pivots 0as shown in fig. 1. v- The particular form of the latch D is immaterial, so long as its upper and lowerends may both pass down vvertically into the .holes in the eyes E and knobs G.

d is an arrnfforined upon or attached to the .latchv D, which passes through a inortise, or slot in the endbar of the gate, and projects so as to serve as a handle in unlatching the gate. l qF ris a spring, placed in the slot of the end gate-bar, above the arm d, to Vforce the latchD down promptly when the gate is swung shut.

In the case of large gates, the weight of the latch `itself will be sulicient to cause it to drop down, so that its ends will enter the holes in the knobs G, and the spring F will not be required.

By this construction, the gate may be opened in either direction and at either end, withthe same facility, and should one end of the gate sag, the'other end may be used ,until it has recovered itself', or begins to sag in the other direction. p f Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, andl desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f The pivots, or knobs C, eyes, or jaws E, and latch D, in combination with each other, said parts being constructed and operating in connection with each other, and in connection with the posts and gate, suba purposes set forth. Y

. j y Y JOHN` W. EVERHAM.

IYVitnesses: 4 Y

GEO. M. ELWELL,

Jas. W. DU Bols.

The latches D are inade of' a bar of iron, bent into y.

stantially as herein shown and described, and Yfonthe 

